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Child poverty outlook across UK ‘shameful’ warns charity

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wIR6KL8NGtAA leading charity has warned that economic growth alone won't tackle deep seated levels of poverty. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said child poverty was unlikely to fall across the UK by the end…

UK Budget 2023: The Main Points

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pe1T4obnDwU'UK Budget 2023: The Main Points' Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used a £25-billion-a-year improvement in public finances to expand access to childcare and offer tax breaks to businesses and wealthy pensioners. The 2023 Budget is…

Budget 2023: UK facing ‘lost decade’ for living…

https://youtube.com/watch?v=v0OLzyVNbEQA leading economic think tank has responded to the budget, saying that households will feel "continued pain" over the coming year with incomes being squeezed. The Institute for Fiscal Studies's Paul Johnson warned of "a…

Budget 2023: Britain is ‘the sick man of…

https://youtube.com/watch?v=tx5neZJzMHQLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed the government's budget as a "sticking plaster" for an economy that is "in need of major surgery". Responding to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, Sir Keir called the Tories a…

Truss U-turns on 45p tax rate cut

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xQURoGFBZwcSky News' Political Editor Beth Rigby says that the government will not proceed on the plan to scrap the 45p tax rate, in a "massive U-turn". Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng said in a statement: "From supporting…